Where to watch Yoji Yamada in the UK
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Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次 Yamada Yōji, born September 13, 1931 in Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films. He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the age of 2 he was brought up in Manchuria. Following the end of World War II, he came back to Japan and subsequently he lived in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University in 1954, he entered Shochiku and worked under Yoshitaro Nomura as a scriptwriter or as an assistant…
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- Tokyo Taxi (2025) Director
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) Director
- The Twilight Samurai (2002) Director
- Fuusen no Doratarou (1981) Original Story
- Mom, Is That You?! (2023) Director
- It's Tough Being a Man (1968) Original Story
- Love and Honor (2006) Director
- Tokyo Family (2013) Director
- My Sons (1991) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) Director
- The Castle of Sand (1974) Screenplay
- Kabei: Our Mother (2008) Director
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016) Director
- Shounen Torajirou (2019) Original Story
- I, the Executioner (1968) Writer
- Free and Easy 16 (2005) Writer
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2009) Original Film Writer
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981) Director
- The Hidden Blade (2004) Director
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984) Writer
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019) Director
- The Rainbow Seeker (1996) Director
- The Little House (2014) Director
- Tora-san Goes North (1987) Director
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958) Screenplay
- Free and Easy 8 (1996) Writer
- Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) Writer
- Free and Easy 6 (1993) Writer
- Itoshi no Lahaina (1983) Original Story
- A Class to Remember (1993) Director
- Free and Easy (1988) Writer
- About Her Brother (2010) Director
- Tora-san to the Rescue (1995) Director
- Tora-san, the Expert (1982) Director
- Free and Easy 7 (1994) Writer
- Free and Easy: Samurai Edition (1998) Writer
- Tora-san, My Uncle (1989) Writer
- Free and Easy 5 (1992) Writer
- Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972) Director
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Most-watched Yoji Yamada films currently: Tokyo Taxi (2025), The Yellow Handkerchief (1977), The Twilight Samurai (2002), Mom, Is That You?! (2023), Love and Honor (2006).
What TV shows has Yoji Yamada appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Fuusen no Doratarou (1981), It's Tough Being a Man (1968), Shounen Torajirou (2019).
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